Narsinh Mehta Award (

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: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of

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. The award is conferred upon

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author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi,

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. The award is held at corpuscle of

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, mostly at Rupayatan,

. The award was instituted in 1999. The recipient is presented the idol of

Narsinh Mehta Narsinh Mehta, also known as Narsinh Bhagat, was a 15th-century poet-Saint#Hinduism, saint of Gujarat, India, honored as the first poet, or ''Adi Kavi,'' of the Gujarati language. Narsinh Mehta is member of Nagar Brahman community. Narsinh becam ...

and 1,51,000.NMA 2011
Narinh Mehta Award 2011 information on Rupayatan's Blog. The award of 2013 was conferred upon Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak on 18 October 2013 at Rupayatan.Narsinh Mehta Award 2013
Rupayatan Blog: Narsinh Mehta Award 2013

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